MOM ACCUSED OF TRYING TO DROWN BABY

A young mother was behind bars Saturday, accused of trying to drown her infant daughter in a tub in their City Heights apartment, San Diego police said.

The 10-month-old baby remained in critical condition at Rady Children’s Hospital, where she was taken Friday after police found her unresponsive in the tub.

Rescuers performed CPR and got the baby breathing.

Police identified the mother as Whitney Renee Holman, 22. It was Holman who called 911 about 3:40 p.m. Friday to summon police and paramedics to the complex, on 42nd Street near University Avenue, police Lt. Andra Brown said.

Detectives from the child abuse unit investigated and then arrested Holman. She was booked into Las Colinas jail on suspicion of attempted murder and child abuse.

On her Facebook page last fall, Holman told friends she was lonely and unable to get out much because of the baby.

Teri Figueroa • U-T

Woman accosted by armed man at SDSU

College Area

An armed man tried to force a woman into his car on the San Diego State University campus early Saturday.

The woman was walking about 12:20 a.m. on Lindo Paseo near Campanile Drive when the man displayed a gun and told her to get in the car, campus police said. She refused.

The suspect fled toward College Avenue. He may have been driving a black Ford F-150, campus police said.

Police said the gunman was white, about 6 feet 1 inch tall and 30 to 40 years old. He was clean-shaven, with short blond hair and rectangular glasses. He wore a blue T-shirt and tan jacket.

The incident follows an encounter on the campus less than four weeks ago. About 9 p.m. on April 15, a man drove up to a woman walking on Campanile Drive near Baja Drive. He grabbed her arm but she wrenched loose.

That assailant was described as white, in his mid-30s, about 6 feet tall with an average build. He was unshaven and wore square glasses. He may have been driving a four-door Toyota Tacoma.

Teri Figueroa • U-T

Brush fire controlled by multiple agencies

lakeside

A brush fire that broke out Saturday afternoon in Lakeside was quickly controlled by a ground and aerial attack.

The blaze was reported about 3:40 p.m. on the east end of Mapleview Street, in a fire response area designated as wildland-urban interface, meaning open space adjacent to houses.